The majority of the Australian mobile network is currently 4G, with some 3G used in low broadband needs or in poor service areas. 5G is the next major evolution in mobile data and it’s expected to sit alongside the 4G network. Chorso says that “5G will promise three... [read more]

Big data analytics refers to the strategy of analysing large volumes of data, or big data. Industries hold and share large volumes of data including customer data, which is common to many other service businesses, asset and operational data, which may be shared both... [read more]

Local digital transformation is often directed by trends and direction occurring overseas. The EU has a reasonable amount of effort in the area. Cognizant tells us that “Globally, utilities are the beneficiaries of advances in digital technology and analytics. Some of... [read more]

The Water Services Association of Australia recently completed a report titled “Harnessing the Digital Economy”. That report identified benefits, challenges and risks associated with digitalisation, these included; Benefits Efficiencies within each business unit... [read more]

Cyber security generally refers to activities taken to protect from threat, compromise or attack, both our knowledge and control of our physical systems. Threats within water may include; Loss of client information, Loss of business, commercial or network information,... [read more]

Traditionally “physical” communications layers within the water sector have included radio and mobile technologies, connecting SCADA and corporate systems. In more recent time private VPN’s and optical fibre networks have provided communications between sites. WSAA... [read more]